maxxo Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 pair of goodyears £130 fitted through blackcircles i think that's a decent price Shite Ron, privatewire, beko1987 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 They were only £10 per tyre more than a brand I’ve never heard of ditchfinder so I didn’t see the point in getting cheap ones, crashing, and burning to death lets see how much of a faff this will be AnnoyingPentium, Shite Ron, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Yea that sounds reasonable. Nice when that happens! As long as they put it on high they should be fine. Then get rhe spheres changed. Everything I've ever read about faffing with xm spheres ends with its good fun but ultimately ruins it in one way or another. Driving mine and the cylinders their in their own on fast swoopy roads, there's a timed run I've never beaten between Marlow and Stokenchurch when any had pregnancy pains with Eva, and I've tried a bit since in other cars. You still feel the shitty road surface though. Some speed bumps can be taken at speed but if they've got a shitty leading edge first you still need to go slow. We're gome by my mums old house that weren't there at 55cough! Zx did similar though when I had that before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 12 hours ago, beko1987 said: Yea that sounds reasonable. Nice when that happens! As long as they put it on high they should be fine. Then get rhe spheres changed. Everything I've ever read about faffing with xm spheres ends with its good fun but ultimately ruins it in one way or another. Driving mine and the cylinders their in their own on fast swoopy roads, there's a timed run I've never beaten between Marlow and Stokenchurch when any had pregnancy pains with Eva, and I've tried a bit since in other cars. You still feel the shitty road surface though. Some speed bumps can be taken at speed but if they've got a shitty leading edge first you still need to go slow. We're gome by my mums old house that weren't there at 55cough! Zx did similar though when I had that before i reckon even if they don't it'll be alright once it's started back up and raised itself i agree, new spheres are a job to be done soon, proper spheres.....don't care if it's firmer, i want it correct it's not exactly nice as it is, if it rides like a C5 i'll be happy (well my C5 as it's best riding one i've ever been in) timing belt will be done this year, i must admit i can't really comfortably afford to get it done, C5 needs a bit of work too and obviously that takes priority beko1987 and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 Ahhhh yes new circular rubber spinners fitted this morning if in correct in the date code these are about a month since since they were manufactured! So nice and fresh also got compliments from the tyre fitters on the car chodweaver, Fumbler, privatewire and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 7:35 PM, maxxo said: not much to report, been using it a fair bit recently such as today, i had to go and collect something from Facebook marketplace.....yes, an actual pleasant marketplace transaction anyway, decided to go in style parked opposite a long japanese car i'd bought myself from halfords a spinny electricity polishing device i'd never used one before cue electrical humming noise and spinning, i had absolutely no idea what i was doing, i just put a couple of blobs of autoglym polish on it my god, these things are useful takes all the pain out of polishing and the results.... i think it looks quite good! I had one of those but the counterbalance weight sheared off. There is no spare parts service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, maxxo said: Ahhhh yes new circular rubber spinners fitted this morning if in correct in the date code these are about a month since since they were manufactured! So nice and fresh also got compliments from the tyre fitters on the car Are these EfficientGrip2's? Been using then in the Merc and they're decent tyres, no complaints so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 minute ago, OM646 said: Are these EfficientGrip2's? Been using then in the Merc and they're decent tyres, no complaints so far They are indeed! Absolute bargain they were too……if I get on well with them I’ll put them on the rear too nice garage too, first time I’d used them, very impressed myglaren and OM646 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 7 hours ago, maxxo said: They are indeed! Absolute bargain they were too……if I get on well with them I’ll put them on the rear too nice garage too, first time I’d used them, very impressed I used efficient grip performance on the merc, very good value. OM646 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 That might help now they all match, even pressures/flex on the corners or other beardy Citroën reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, beko1987 said: That might help now they all match, even pressures/flex on the corners or other beardy Citroën reasons only got the front tyres done! rears aren't cracked so they can stay for now mind you, the new tyres feel so much softer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 As you know I’ve been treating this car well, giving it the love it deserves, saving it today it decided to repay me…….. I tried the blower fan again, this time it screeched for a moment……oooooh life I thought then it sort of caught fire and filled the car with smoke rhankfully no damage AnnoyingPentium, richardmorris, myglaren and 5 others 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 had a very rare moment on my drive home i passed a white BX! we flashed at eachother! i fancy a BX LightBulbFun, DSdriver, brownnova and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 Just done a 50 mile round trip in the XM lovely drive something quite exciting happened on the way back i saw a C6 cue lots of waving, even from the C6's passengers! i love that sort of stuff Dyslexic Viking, 500tops, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 been doing some XM fettling this morning fuel filter day before: after: old housing had that weird thing on top with no primer bulb? strange was in a right sorry state wonder how old the actual filter was? said made in france, no web adress and most the writing worn off chodweaver, Dyslexic Viking, RoverFolkUs and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, maxxo said: Just done a 50 mile round trip in the XM lovely drive something quite exciting happened on the way back i saw a C6 cue lots of waving, even from the C6's passengers! i love that sort of stuff Thought that shit only happened with MX5's lol 😅 The good old flash is quite nice but when it's full blown waving and flailing, I'm out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: Thought that shit only happened with MX5's lol 😅 The good old flash is quite nice but when it's full blown waving and flailing, I'm out it was one of the most exciting things ever, BX sighting was just a flash this was full on excitement! AnnoyingPentium, 500tops, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, maxxo said: it was one of the most exciting things ever, BX sighting was just a flash this was full on excitement! Fair do's, maybe I'm just a grumpy old fart 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 been doing some XM fettling this morning fuel filter day before: after: old housing had that weird thing on top with no primer bulb? strange was in a right sorry state wonder how old the actual filter was? said made in france, no web adress and most the writing worn offI reckon that used to have a cap and plunger, but it's fallen off/been removed. That dirty cream disc is the diaphragm, no? I think they're the same construction - the new one has just a peined-over cap with the plunger in it, on top of the diaphragm... richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, chodweaver said: 22 minutes ago, maxxo said: been doing some XM fettling this morning fuel filter day before: after: old housing had that weird thing on top with no primer bulb? strange was in a right sorry state wonder how old the actual filter was? said made in france, no web adress and most the writing worn off I reckon that used to have a cap and plunger, but it's fallen off/been removed. That dirty cream disc is the diaphragm, no? I think they're the same construction - the new one has just a peined-over cap with the plunger in it, on top of the diaphragm... but you'd think you'd just install a new housing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Seen this car in the flesh this morning. What a lovely machine. maxxo and 500tops 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 It’s an epic machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 Got a photo of my 2 utterly brilliant cars together today love them both, both are superb jamescarruthers, myglaren, beko1987 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 8 hours ago, maxxo said: but you'd think you'd just install a new housing Only if you’d noticed it had fallen off. Very lucky it wasn’t leaking fuel everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: Only if you’d noticed it had fallen off. Very lucky it wasn’t leaking fuel everywhere! yes looking at it some more, i have no idea how it wasn't leaking or how you'd actually prime it back up after changing the filter, surely would be almost impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Just now, maxxo said: yes looking at it some more, i have no idea how it wasn't leaking or how you'd actually prime it back up after changing the filter, surely would be almost impossible I suspect it has come apart after the last fuel filet change and before your purchase. I had a very similar thing on my CX DTR that was letting air into the fuel lines leading to surging. It was only when it fell apart ( and was replaced) when fitting a new filter that the problem was cured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 i will say since i put the new fuel filter on it no longer has a few flat spots it feels faster idles much more smoothly and all together runs better could i hell get the old filter off, in the bin now should have cut it open, god knows how bad it was richardmorris, beko1987, OM646 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I suspect it has come apart after the last fuel filet change and before your purchase. I had a very similar thing on my CX DTR that was letting air into the fuel lines leading to surging. It was only when it fell apart ( and was replaced) when fitting a new filter that the problem was cured. must have been like that for absolutely years in no way was that filter recent, it was mega old and completely siezed to the housing too i do still suspect this car has suffered a fair bit of neglect in the past richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 14 minutes ago, maxxo said: must have been like that for absolutely years in no way was that filter recent, it was mega old and completely siezed to the housing too i do still suspect this car has suffered a fair bit of neglect in the past Safe hands now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Safe hands now though. very safe, just looking forward to getting it almost finished i'm still undecided as to wether i keep it or sell it on as a very good example...... i do fancy doing maybe a CX next, or a BX...... myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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